Woman with illness prevention face mask.
More Evidence That Sleep Fights the Common Cold
09/23/2016
Van Winkle's
by Theresa Fisher | Van Winkle's Sometimes, folksy wisdom makes for terrible medical advice. Other times, grandma gets it right.* Consider the common cold. When we're stuffed up and run... read more
Red and white traffic sign says WRONG WAY.
Lest Not Birthrights Be Forsaken
09/16/2016
J. Brown
A Simple Question... The other day I was at Staples printing up some new student cards. A woman standing next to me noticed that I was doing something for a yoga center. She told me that she loved... read more
black and white of man's hands clutching his chest
Where to Find Wisdom in the Body
09/09/2016
Greater Good Science Center
by Jill Suttie | Greater Good Science Center According to a new study, people with higher heart rate variability are wiser—when they make an effort to be objective. Many cultures consider the... read more
Close up of feet balancing atop ropes course balance pole.
The Importance of Balance Training
09/02/2016
Johnny Nasello
How’s your sense of balance? Do you avoid balancing exercises, or hate balance poses in yoga? It’s my experience that most people don’t have much confidence in their ability to balance, and that... read more
Yoga instructor makes gentle adjustment in student pose
Nurturing is Cool
08/26/2016
J. Brown
Trolling yoga blogs and the comment threads that ensue reveals a prevailing sentiment of tough love. Sure, there are a few hold-outs from the sixties still hanging around but the new breed of yogi is... read more
brown dog napping on the bed
Inventor of the Power Nap Shares Secrets for Perfect Mid-Day Doze
08/19/2016
Van Winkle's
by Adam Bulger | Van Winkle's Strategic Napping There aren’t many famous inventors behind most aspects of sleep. There’s no Thomas Edison of snoring. There’s no Nikola Tesla of insomnia or... read more
close up of bright green Advil Liquigels
Yoga or Advil?
08/12/2016
J. Brown
Exploitation of yoga in advertising is nothing new. When a product wants to associate with a low-stress or healthy lifestyle, invariably, the commercial features people doing yoga poses. Increasing... read more
light on bed casting colored glow and beams
The Tricky Science of Remembering Dreams
08/06/2016
Van Winkle's
by Chelsea Harvey | Van Winkle's You wake in the early hours of the morning with your heart beating fast and the unsettling sense that you’ve just emerged from a strange dream —  but what was... read more
man in exercise clothes stretching at railing of waterfront with city skyline behind
Yoga, Nonviolence, Hypocrisy, and Veganism
07/29/2016
J. Brown
I have only been in one fight. It was in the third grade. I don't recall what the impetus was but it ended up in a war of words between me and another boy on the basketball court. I remember deciding... read more

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Woman with illness prevention face mask.
More Evidence That Sleep Fights the Common Cold
09/23/2016
Van Winkle's
by Theresa Fisher | Van Winkle's Sometimes, folksy wisdom makes for terrible medical advice. Other times, grandma gets it right.* Consider the common cold. When we're stuffed up and run... read more
Red and white traffic sign says WRONG WAY.
Lest Not Birthrights Be Forsaken
09/16/2016
J. Brown
A Simple Question... The other day I was at Staples printing up some new student cards. A woman standing next to me noticed that I was doing something for a yoga center. She told me that she loved... read more
black and white of man's hands clutching his chest
Where to Find Wisdom in the Body
09/09/2016
Greater Good Science Center
by Jill Suttie | Greater Good Science Center According to a new study, people with higher heart rate variability are wiser—when they make an effort to be objective. Many cultures consider the... read more
Close up of feet balancing atop ropes course balance pole.
The Importance of Balance Training
09/02/2016
Johnny Nasello
How’s your sense of balance? Do you avoid balancing exercises, or hate balance poses in yoga? It’s my experience that most people don’t have much confidence in their ability to balance, and that... read more
Yoga instructor makes gentle adjustment in student pose
Nurturing is Cool
08/26/2016
J. Brown
Trolling yoga blogs and the comment threads that ensue reveals a prevailing sentiment of tough love. Sure, there are a few hold-outs from the sixties still hanging around but the new breed of yogi is... read more
brown dog napping on the bed
Inventor of the Power Nap Shares Secrets for Perfect Mid-Day Doze
08/19/2016
Van Winkle's
by Adam Bulger | Van Winkle's Strategic Napping There aren’t many famous inventors behind most aspects of sleep. There’s no Thomas Edison of snoring. There’s no Nikola Tesla of insomnia or... read more
close up of bright green Advil Liquigels
Yoga or Advil?
08/12/2016
J. Brown
Exploitation of yoga in advertising is nothing new. When a product wants to associate with a low-stress or healthy lifestyle, invariably, the commercial features people doing yoga poses. Increasing... read more
light on bed casting colored glow and beams
The Tricky Science of Remembering Dreams
08/06/2016
Van Winkle's
by Chelsea Harvey | Van Winkle's You wake in the early hours of the morning with your heart beating fast and the unsettling sense that you’ve just emerged from a strange dream —  but what was... read more
man in exercise clothes stretching at railing of waterfront with city skyline behind
Yoga, Nonviolence, Hypocrisy, and Veganism
07/29/2016
J. Brown
I have only been in one fight. It was in the third grade. I don't recall what the impetus was but it ended up in a war of words between me and another boy on the basketball court. I remember deciding... read more

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